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Coming up-
A warning goes out about possible terrorist attacks on the U-S
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We now know WHO will head up VMI
Why protestors stormed the stage at this fashion show.
and from tunes to teaching India (Are-ee) is doing it all.
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Plus just how rainy will it be this weekend?
News 7 at Eleven is next.

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Iraqi forces today fired at U-S and British warplanes patrolling a no fly zone- the U-S says violating the latest resolution.
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((COLIN POWELL: WE SAID THAT IRAQ SHOULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTION THAT WOULD BE A HOSTILE ACT AGAINST ANY MEMBER STATE.))
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U-S aircraft today fired back- hitting an air defense communications station- 85 miles south of Baghdad.
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[Iraq]

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While U-S Officials say that Iraq's action is a breach of a U-N Security Council resolution- they say this does not necessarily mean the start of war.
That'll be up to the United Nations.
Stacy Case has more.
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((IRAQ'S ACCEPTANCE OF WEAPONS INSPECTORS ON THE GROUND HAS NOT STOPPED TENSIONS IN THE SKIES.
THE PENTAGON SAYS IRAQ FIRED MISSILES AT COALITION PLANES PATROLLING THE NO-FLY ZONE. U.S. AND BRITISH WARPLANES RESPONDED BY BOMBING AN IRAQI RADAR SITE.
THIS COMES JUST DAYS BEFORE THE INSPECTORS ARE SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE.
(fast: super on second sot) HANS BLIX/CHIEF UN WEAPONS INSPECTOR there will be no cat and mouse play.
TRACK : THIS MAN-- 74 YEAR OLD HANS BLIX WILL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
LEAVING FRIDAY-- HE'S LEADING A TEAM OF TWO DOZEN U-N INSPECTORS INTO IRAQ. THE C-I-A WILL PROVIDE SATELLITE PHOTOS TO GUIDE THEM AS THEY LOOK FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. IF IRAQ OBSTRUCTS THE PROCESS IN ANY WAY-- BLIX WILL T
ELL THE SECURITY COUNCIL--- WHICH PROMISES SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
SUPER:HANS BLIX/CHIEF UN WEAPONS INSPECTOR
"I think we still have to use our common sense in judging whether something is a way of hindering us in the inspections or if it is not.
united nations
THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL PICKED THE FORMER SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER BECAUSE OF HIS STYLE. HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS TEAM-??--
BE DRIVING AND DYNAMIC, NOT ANGRY AND AGGRESSIVE. SOME WORRY BLIX WILL BE TOO EASILY DECEIVED.
TWO DAYS BEFORE ITS DEADLINE, IRAQ THIS WEEK AGREED TO UNCONDITIONAL INSPECTIONS, DENYING IT HAS ANY WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
STACY CASE CBS NEWS NEW YORK.))

Two choppers fired four missiles at a metal foundry- injuring at least five poeple.
The attack on Gaza is likely in retaliation for the Palestinian ambush of Jewish settlers this morning.
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That ambush killed 12 people.
The Islamic Jihad said it carried out the attack- as payback for Israel killing one of its military leaders last week.
Islamic Jihad gunmen handed out sweets to children and fired in the air to celebrate the Hebron attack.
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[Blairs-Deaths]

The Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office is looking for a North Carolina man in connection with the murders of a Blairs couple.
Officials say they believe 27-year old James Antonio (JEN-uh- retti) Generetie of Durham is responsible for the deaths of Willie and Clara Harston earlier this week.
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Autopsies show the Harstons died of blows to the head, at their home in the Blairs community.
Officials say (JEN-uh-retti) Generetie, had been in the area visiting someone.
They now think he's back in North Carolina.
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[DNA-lab]

Virginia is bringing more criminals to justice thanks to its DNA databank... the largest one in the country.
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Governor Mark Warner toured the state's crime lab today to mark the databank's one-thousandth "cold hit."
That's when DNA from a crime scene is matched to an offender or linked to another crime.
Virginia was the first state to start DNA testing.
Its database now contains the genetic profiles of 187-thousand convicted felons... ranking second in the world, behind only Great Britain.
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And the databank will be growing.
Beginning in January, every person arrested for a violent felony in Virginia will be required to give a DNA sample.
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[Carvins-Cove]

Thanks to recent rain, Carvins Cove is on the rise again.
But two tunnels also play an important role in re-filling the reservoir.
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Now at "27- point- six feet" below the spillway, the water level has climbed more than two feet this week alone.

The tunnels are located on Tinker Creek in Botetourt County, and Catawba Creek in Roanoke County. When the water is high, the tunnels can carry millions of gallons every day.
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((ONCE WE GET THE RAINFALL. THE RAINFALL RECHARGES THE SPRINGS AND WE'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE SO MUCH OF THE WATER AND PUT IT IN THE COVE AND WHEN THE RIVERS ARE FLOWING, THEN WE CAN RECHARGE THE COVE PRETTY QUICKLY. ))
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The Tinker Creek tunnel was completed in November, 1966... It extends more than a mile from the creek to the Cove.
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[Adair]

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A computer science major at Virginia Tech pled guilty today, admitting he sent a threatening e-mail message to President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
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Steven Keith (A-dare) Adair was arrested by the Secret Service at Tech last March.
Investigators said (A-dare) Adair, who is now 19, set up a false e-mail account in the name of a 14-year old in New Jersey. Adair then e-mailed the White House, threatening Bush and Cheney.
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Adair will be sentenced in February.

[Terrorism-Alert]

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It is the most chilling alarm yet from the Government-
A warning that aircraft, nuclear plants, oil supplies and national landmarks could all be at risk of new terrorist attacks.
Teri Okita has more.
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((IT S AN OMINOUS WARNING WITH VERY FEW DETAILS. THE F-B-I HAS NOW POSTED AN ALERT THAT SAYS AL-QAEDA MAY LAUNCH A SPECTACULAR ATTACK AGAINST THE U-S ECONOMY THAT COULD CREATE CASUALTIES ON A LARGE-SCALE.
Scott McClellan/White House Spokesman:
We have taken additional protective measures to protect our critical infrastructure, both public and private, and secure our borders.
WHILE THERE S NO SPECIFIC TIME, LOCATION OR METHOD FOR AN ATTACK, FBI SOURCES SAY AL-QAEDA MAY CHOOSE HIGHLY SYMBOLIC TARGETS WITHIN THE AVIATION OR ENERGY SECTORS OR EVEN NATIONAL LANDMARKS. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS ASKING AMERICANS TO REMAIN VIGILANT.
Condolezza Rice/National Security Adviser:
There have been many cases in which Americans, who were on alert to suspicious circumstances around them, have been able to tip law
enforcement officials.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NOT BOOSTED THE HOMELAND SECURITY THREAT LEVEL. IT REMAINS AT CODE YELLOW THE MIDDLE RANGE OF RISK. OFFICIALS SAY THERE S NOT ENOUGH SPECIFIC INFORMATION, AT THIS TIME, TO CHANGE IT.
THE ALERT COMES JUST THREE DAYS AFTER AL-JAZEERA TELEVISION BROADCAST A NEW AUDIOTAPE BELIEVED TO BE FROM OSAMA BIN LADEN. IN IT, THE SPEAKER PRAISES SEVERAL RECENT ATTACKS AROUND THE WORLD AGAINST
WESTERN INTERESTS.))

[Ferrum-Student]

A woman from Afghanistan has traveled half way around the world to escape a brutal regime.
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(Mee-na Eye-ab) Minya Ayob recently arrived on the campus of Ferrum College.
She is the first recipent of the school's scholarship program designed to help a woman from Afghanistan live a better life.
Under Taliban rule, life was restricted.
Minya recalls one time when she was beaten for talking in public with her friends.
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Minya was also forbidden to learn english under Taliban rule.
She did so anyway even though if she was caught she would face severe punishment, possibly death.
She will spend the next four years at Ferrum with a full scholarship.
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He commanded thousands of troops in the Gulf War... now he'll command cadets in Lexington.
Find out who will be V-M-I's new Superintendent when News 7 returns.
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Plus the search for a missing construction worker continues at the site of a collapsed parking garage.
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[Building-Collapse]

Tonight the search is on for a third person who is missing.
The collapse also injured a fourth person.
The parking garage is in Rockville, Maryland.
The section collapsed at about four this afternoon- Worries over an additional collapse prompted evacuation of the surrounding buildings.
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[Peay]

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Virginia Military Institute will name a retired FOUR-star General as its new superintendent.
General Binford Peay (pee) is a V-M-I graduate himself, class of '62.
His son Ryan just graduated from V-M-I this year. Another son is an Army Lieutenant, also a V-M-I graduate.
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General Peay served 35 years in the Army, ending up as Commander-in-Chief of the U-S Central Command for Africa and the Middle East.
He'll be introduced on Post a week from Monday, before returning to his native Richmond for a formal announcement.
Peay succeeds Lieutenant General Josiah Bunting, who is retiring in his eighth year as Superintendent.
Bunting and Peay attended V-M-I together in the early 60's. (Pee) Peay graduated the year before Bunting.
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[Jamestown-DMV]

A new law that went into effect July first authorized the D-M-V to collect two dollars to go toward Virginia's 400th anniversary celebration.
The fee was already added onto your vehicle registration fee.
If you didn't want to pay it, you had to check a box and then deduct two dollars from the amount.
Many Virginians complained the measure was confusing.
So today, the D-M-V announced it will revise the form to make it easier to read- It'll stop automatically adding the two bucks to the bill.
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[Harry-Potter]

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Harry Potter fans are lining up to the see the second movie in the boy wizard series.
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The much anticipated Chamber of Secrets opened today.
Valley View Grande movie officials say most of Friday's shows sold out and estimate over 7-thousand people saw the film here today.
All ages say the Potter films do a good job bringing the books to life.
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((ALICE HAYNES; I LIKE THE WIZARDS AND WITCHES OF IT AND I'VE READ ALL THE BOOKS SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT SEEING IT.))
((TREVOR JOHNSON; IT'S JUST INTERESTING, REALLY ACTION PACKED, FUN, ADVENTUROUS.))
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Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone took in 90-million dollars in its opening weekend.
Even though Chamber is getting very good reviews - - no word yet on whether it'll match or beat the first film.
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A grammy winner knows how to wow concert-goers and music fans... but this one can wow students too.
See what India (Are-ee) is teaching them... when News 7 returns.
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Plus, baseball fans have been talking about the "Curse of the Bambino" for decades.
Find out why some say the curse could be broken by searching this pond when we return.
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[Victoria]

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You could say the fur was flying at the Victoria's Secret Fashion show...
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Demonstrators from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals stormed the stage of the lingerie show and chased model Gisele Bundchen.
She's been targeted by the group for signing a contract with a leading American fur company.
The demonstrators held signs reading ``Gisele is fur scum.''
Security guards tackled the intruders and took them away.
The show will air November 20th on C-B-S -- with the PETA demonstration likely edited out.
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[Ruth-Piano]

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A renowed underwater investigator is searching for a sunken piece of history... but it's not a ship or gold.
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John Fish is searching a Massachussetts pond for a piano... Babe Ruth's piano to be exact.
The legend goes something like this-- in the off-season after Babe Ruth and the Red Sox won the 1918 World Series, the slugger tossed the piano into the pond near his home.
As every Red Sox fan knows, the team hasn't won a World Series since... leading many to believe in the dreaded "Curse of the Bambino."
If Fish's high-tech magne-tometer is able to locate the piano, divers may go into the pond and retrieve it...
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((LEE SWANSON/HISTORICAL SOCIETY; IT WILL BREAK THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO TO PLAY THAT PIANO IN FENWAY PARK.))
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Regional high school football playoff action for ya, J.J. Redick's jersey is retired and would the Dazzle...dazzle,

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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00]

But first our extra point. The University of Virginia football team has received a commitment from Chris Long.
The Saint Anne's-Belfield defensive lineman is a junior and cannot sign a letter of intent until February 2004. Long is the son of football hall of famer Howie Long
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[S-Northside]

We start at Northside where the Vikings took on Blacksburg in the Region III Division four semi-finals.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./Indians vs. Vikings; :00]

Right to the action. The Indians strike first, early in the first quarter. From his own 40, Colin Beal gives to Shane Bennett and he takes it up the middle, breaking loose on a 60 yard touchdown romp.
[SUPER=34-Blacksburg/24/Northside/21;]Northside comes back on their next play from scrimmage. Matt Spangler pitches
to Mike Campbell and he scoots 71 yards for the score but Blacksburg ends the Vikings perfect 10 and OH season with a 24-21 win in overtime.
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[S-Wythe]

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In the Region C - Division Two semi-finals tonight George Wythe hosted Radford in a battle of 9-and-1 teams.
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The Maroons' offense and defense would come out "full speed ahead" tonight.
We pick this one up in the first quarter and Radford's Todd Woods drops back and has the "wood" laid on him. He fumbles and Theron Williams recovers the ball to give the Maroons great field position.
GW would strike quickly after the turnover as Grant Throckmorton hooks up with number 85 Jesse Irvin. The two will get a 29 yard touchdown as GW takes the lead.
[SUPER=34-Radford/7/George Wythe/33;]
The Maroons get some revenge and end Radford's season with the 33-7 win.
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Magna Vista would remember Trevor Cox tonight with a sticker on each Magna Vista helmet.
Just 55 seconds into the game, Magna Vista's B.J. Jumper rambles in from 15 yards [SUPER=34-Magna Vista/42/Marion/1
3;]out. 7-nothing Warriors.
Later in the first half, Alexey Hairston hooks up with Michael Penn for a 17 yard touchdown strike to make it 21 nothing, Magna Vista rolls 42-13.
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More post season action headed your way on Friday Football Extra with Mike Stevens, but first the scores.
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The 6 and 4 Virginia Cavaliers and the N.C. State Wolfpack both try and snap two game losing streaks tomorrow at noon as they battle each other in an ACC clash. The key for UVa is stopping State quarterback Phillip Rivers.
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[S-Boards]

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You can catch the Cavaliers and the Wolfpack on your Hometown Station tomorrow at Noon on WDBJ-7.
[GO TO PINNACLE 12998]
Right after that one - Georgia hooks up with Auburn at 3:30.
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And Sunday - all your NFL action with the Steelers and Titans at one followed by the Dolphins and Ravens at four.
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[S-Dazzle]

The Roanoke Dazzle opened the season tonight at the Roanoke Civic Center against the Huntsville Flight.
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[SUPER=03-Roanoke/Flight vs. Dazzle; :00]

Head Coach Kent Davison with the secret hand shake before tip off.
The Dazzle would come out smokin as former UVa star Cory Alexander rips rope from three point land. Cory led Roanoke with 16 points.
[SUPER=33-Huntsville/66/Roanoke/63;]Terrence Shannon then takes the ally oop pass and look out below, two of his 12 o
the night.
Alexander is gonna feed Shannon another ally oop and it falls.
Shannon with the three-peat ally oop but the Dazzle blows a 17 point lead and the Flight wins 66-63.
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[S-Trucks]

After two seasons in Winston Cup, it seems Mike Bliss cemented a successful return to the Craftsman Truck series by winning the series championship today after the Ford 200.
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[SUPER=03-Homestead, FL/ESPN2; :00]

Ron Hornaday won the race but it was Bliss who had the spotlight. He finished fifth in the race and that propelled him to the title, 46 points better than Rick Crawford. Bliss had a strong year, winning five races. In this race, Ted Musgrave was second and Jason Leffler finished third.
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[S-Soccer]

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The NCAA Division III men's soccer tournament second round was held at Elizabeth Campus at Roanoke College today as Roanoke took on Greensboro.
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[SUPER=03-Salem/Pride vs. Maroons; :00]
The game would go to penalty kicks after a the game ended in a 1-1 tie in regulation.
Both teams traded goals but it was Greensboro that advances after beating the Maroons 4-2 in penalty kicks.
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